Join Artswest Theatre for a night of nostalgia!

Filled with satirical comedy and 90s television references, ZACH offers rooms of chuckles and nostalgia at Artswest Theatre. The enthusiasm of director Sara Porkalob and the wonderful talents of Amber Walker and Michael Nevárez really shine on Christian St. Croix’s playwright in the production of the show. Referencing some of the classic 90s high school sitcoms such as Boy Meets World, Full House, and Saved By The Bell, you are sure to be filled with laughs and warmth with the production of ZACH.

Cabaret at Artswest After Hours with Mathew Wright at Artswest takes place Fri and Sat evenings April 14 and 15th at Artswest. One part “Inside the Actors Studio” and one part cabaret, AFTER HOURS features performances from some of Seattle’s hottest musical theater artists in conversation and song with ArtsWest Artistic Director Mathew Wright at […]

A collection of healthcare professionals’ stories working through the COVID-19 pandemic

ArtsWest’s production of An Endless Shift is a documentary theatre project devised by Gloria Alcalá and Alma Davenport and is performed by Gloria Alcalá. Located at ArtsWest Theatre, An Endless Shift shares the stories of five healthcare professionals through the reenactment of their responses to interview questions. In this unique production, Gloria Alcalá single-handedly reenacts each healthcare professional’s responses sharing each person’s experience through their entry into healthcare and the nightmare that they were faced with, COVID-19.

At Artswest in the West Seattle Junction on the night of August 5th, Here There Be Dragons lit up the stage. The small theatre was the perfect setting for actor and writer’s, Felicia Loud, take on her one-woman show. The intimate space allowed the piece to feel like a conversation with an old friend. One […]

Miku, and the gods follows the story of a young girl navigating the waters of grief. It is written by Julia Izumi and directed by Alyza Delpan-Monley playing at Artswest traditionally (in-person) and via video (what this review is based on) in order to remain Covid accessible. Written by someone of color it quickly becomes […]

On August 25th in collaboration with Artswest, Die Cast, a Philadelphia immersive theatre company presents a digital performance piece that explores personal isolation during a time of societal isolation-inventing new modes of performance in the process. Using a single hotel room as the location for a series of nine short pieces, Temporary Occupancy explores how our lives are connected by more than the physical rooms we share.

Founded in 2017, by Brenna Geffers and Thom Weaver, Die-Cast’s work as a company explores new relationships between the visitor and space. Die-Cast incubates work within spaces that are often inaccessible to audiences or are not thought of as performace spaces – ballrooms, historical mansions, and even schooner ships – looking to fill those spaces with the work and have the work shaped by the space in turn. Recently, they have begun creating work for digital spaces, allowing audiences to choose their own adventures using chatbots, Buzzfeed quizzes, embedded videos and other digital wizardry – hence, digital immersive theater.

Temporary Occupancy was created by Die-Cast Co-founders Brenna Geffers and Thom Weaver as well as Anthony Crosby, Colleen Corcoran, Jahzeer Terrell, Keith Conallen, Steven Wright

Temporary Occupancy, Aug. 25th. Die Cast Immersive Theatre in Collaboration with Artwest.

Tickets will be available for purchase beginning August 25th at $12 each. You will receive a link in the purchase email receipt. The piece will continue to be hosted online for the foreseeable future for your enjoyment Tickets $12https://www.artswest.org/temporary-occupancy/”>

The play begins in darkness; suddenly the sound of a swishing guillotine shatters the theater’s silence. A miffed actress protests, “That’s no way to start a comedy!” And we’re off into the wonderful world of a Lauren Gunderson play. It is not surprising that Gunderson is currently the most produced playwright in America. With works like “The Book of Will” and “I and You” she has pushed the boundaries of conventional theater, exploring big and little ideas with a charming, imaginative wit that seems to continually ask “What if?” In “The Revolutionists”, published in 2018, Gunderson imagines a series of surrealistic encounters among four key women figures that played roles in and were finally victims of the bloody French Reign of Terror in the early 1790’s.

Head Over Heels is a novel by Jeff Whitty, which was adapted into a musical by James Magruder. This high energy musical includes hit songs from the 80’s rock band, The Go-Go’s.  At Seattle’s Arts West production, it is directed by Mathew Wright.   Plot Summary The story takes place in the kingdom of Arcadia. […]

ArtsWest in collaboration with The Hansberry Project kicked off their newest season with a production of Sunset Baby by Dominique Morisseau. This show opened September 26th and run until October 20th. This three-person play follows Nina being visited by her estranged father, Kenyatta. She doesn’t know if he wants to try and mend their relationship […]

Something quite different is going on at the ArtsWest Playhouse this spring. The award-winning playwright Annie Baker’s play John is having its Seattle premiere here and it’s a very strange trip indeed. The Playhouse’s welcoming staff reminds incoming audiences that the show runs three hours with two intermissions. When so many new works seem intent on compacting their production into one fast paced act, Baker wants the time to provide the needed space for her four fascinating characters and us to explore the otherworldly bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the eerie and unsettling setting for her play. Baker’s plot that unfolds like a troubling dream performed by a cast that director Erin Murray describes as “out of this world talented” make for a very memorable night of theater.